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The task ahead of Faust is daunting on many levels, including an undergraduate curriculum overhaul, a decentralized faculty, and campus expansion. After Summers' stormy presidency—involving a turbulent relationship with Arts & Sciences faculty, his controversial assertion that women have an innate inferiority in the sciences, and his pretentious people skills—just navigating the muck of tension left behind is challenge enough for Faust. Efforts "to try to heal some of the wounds in the faculty," says

Gomes, may be the biggest task ahead of her. New Campus Development

Another of her projects will be the development of a new campus in Allston, what Richard Bradley, author of Harvard Rules: The Struggle for the Soul of the World's Most Powerful University, says is "the biggest transformation of Harvard in history." The campus, sprawling across 91 acres, has the potential to expand research and academic facilities in the sciences, according to Harry Lewis, former dean of Harvard College and professor of computer science. "As wonderful a place as Harvard is…we don't really get the best out of what we have," Lewis says. Plans for the Allston campus are currently in the works and would help mobilize such talent.

Elena Kagan, dean of the Harvard Law School, was the other finalist for the presidency. Until last week,